Apollo 9

Portrait of Astronaut Russell L. Schweickart Jr.

Portrait of the Apollo 9 prime crew

Astronauts in Apollo spacecraft 101 Command module for fit & function test

Apollo 9 backup crew participate in water egress training

Apollo 9 prime crew participate in water egress training

Asrtonaut James McDivitt stands by for fit and function test activity

Apollo spacecraft Command/Service Module and Lunar Module 3 arrive at VAB

Apollo 9 prime crew inside Apollo command module boilerplate during training

Apollo 9 prime crew on deck of ship prior to water egress training

Astronaut David R. Scott on deck of ship prior to water egress training

Astronaut Russell L. Schweickart on deck prior to water egress training

Astronaut James A. McDivitt on deck of ship prior to water egress training

Ascent stage of Lunar Module 3 being uncrated and moved

Astronaut Russell Schweickart suits up for test of life support system

Apollo 9 prime crew stands in front of Apollo Command Module 103 after tests

Interior view of Manned Spacecraft Operations Bldg with Lunar Module-3

Portrait of Astronaut James A. McDivitt

Astronaut Russell Schweickart inside simulator for EVA training

Interior view of Manned Spacecraft Operations Bldg with Lunar Module-3

Apollo 9 prime crew participates in water egress training in Gulf of Mexico

Interior Manned Spacecraft Operations Bldg as Command/Service module moves

Portrait of the Apollo 9 prime crew

Portrait of the Apollo 9 prime crew

Astronaut Russell Schweickart demonstrates lunar and command module docking

Artist concept illustrating key events on day by day basis during Apollo 9

Artist concept illustrating key events on day by day basis during Apollo 9

Artist concept illustrating key events on day by day basis during Apollo 9

Artist concept illustrating key events on day by day basis during Apollo 9

Artist concept illustrating key events on day by day basis during Apollo 9

Artist concept illustrating key events on day by day basis during Apollo 9

Artist concept illustrating key events on day by day basis during Apollo 9

View of White Room atop Pad A during Apollo 9 Countdown Demonstration Test

Nighttime view of Apollo 9 space vehicle at Pad A, Launch Complex 39

Astronaut Russell Schweickart wears EMU and PLSS for countdown test

Apollo 9 crew prepares to participate in Countdown Demonstration Test

Firing Room 2 in Launch Control Center at KSC during Apollo 9 countdown test

Fish-eye view of interior of Apollo Lunar Module Mission Simulator at KSC

Apollo 9 simulator training

Aerial view of Apollo 9 space vehicle on way from VAB to Pad A

View of Mission Control during Apollo 9 earth orbital mission

Technicians prepare to insert Apollo 9 crew during Countdown Demonstration

Apollo 9 crew leaves Spacecraft Operations Building during countdown

Liftoff of the Apollo 9 space vehicle

Liftoff of the Apollo 9 space vehicle

Lunar Module 3 attached to Saturn V third stage

Apollo 9 crewmen arrive aboard U.S.S. Guadelcanal

Apollo 9 crew prepares to cut cake on U.S.S. Guadalcanal

Apollo 9 spacecraft touchdown in Atlantic recovery area

Apollo 9 Command Module aboard the U.S.S. Guadalcanal

Apollo 9 spacecraft approaches touchdown in Atlantic recovery area

Apollo 9 Command Module is hoisted aboard the U.S.S. Guadalcanal

Apollo 9 crewman crawls onto life raft after splashdown in Atlantic

Apollo 9 crewmen arrive aboard U.S.S. Guadelcanal

Apollo 9 spacecraft floats in Atlantic recovery area after splashdown

Apollo 9 crewman in rescue net being hoisted up to helicopter

Artist's concept of Apollo 9 extravehicular activity

Artist's concept of Apollo 9 Command/Service module docking to Lunar Module

Astronaut James McDivitt photographed inside Command Module during Apollo 9

Astronaut Russell Schweickart photographed during EVA

Astronaut Russell Schweickart photographed during EVA

View of docked Apollo 9 Command/Service Module and Lunar Module

Astronaut Russell Schweickart photographed during EVA

Astronaut Russell Schweickart photographed inside Command Module Apollo 9

Apollo 9 Lunar Module in lunar landing configuration

Apollo 9 Command/Service Modules photographed from Lunar Module

Apollo 9 Lunar Module in lunar landing configuration

Apollo 9 Lunar Module in lunar landing configuration

Lunar Module ascent stage photographed from Command/Service Module

Apollo 9 prime crew participates in press conference at MSC

Grand Canyon in Colorado Plateau in Arizona as seen from Apollo 9

View of Central Texas as seen from Apollo 9

Near vertical view of thunderhead over South America as seen from Apollo 9

Near vertical view of Phoenix, Arizona as seen from Apollo 9

Los Angeles-Long Beach area of Southern California as seen from Apollo 9

Oblique view of Houston, Texas as seen from Apollo 9

Dallas-Ft. Worth area as seen from Apollo 9

Photograph from live TV transmission from interior of Apollo 9 Lunar Module

Aerial view of Launch Complex 39, KSC showing Apollo 10 on way to Pad B

Dallas-Ft. Worth, Sherman, Denison, Red River, Lake Taxoma from Apollo 9

Near vertical view of Lubbock area in west Texas as seen from Apollo 9

Near vertical view of Birmingham, Alabama as seen from Apollo 9

Cape Hatteras, North Carolina area as seen from Apollo 9

Gulf of Fonseca, Pacifica coast of Central America as seen from Apollo 9

North Carolina, Virginia, New Jersey, and New York area as seen from Apollo 9

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